Poker fans can catch the action at the tables in this huge festival BetMGM has just disclosed a collaboration with poker media platform PokerOrg as the authorized partner for the Borgata Winter Poker Open. The Open has $10 million in guaranteed prizes available and is set to take place at the ‘prime poker hub’ on
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Louisiana’s governor has a penchant for poker
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards admits to holding poker games in the governor’s mansion Like many other politicians, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards is a poker fan, hosting many low-stakes poker games at the governor’s mansion over his eight-year term. The games would feature top administration officials, state senators and lobbyists but were much different
Charity Series of Poker to host tournament in January
The tourney, along with an awards dinner, celebrates those who keep the organization alive The Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) will host an awards dinner and poker tournament to kick off the new year, which honors all players, staff, volunteers and sponsors who helped make their endeavors possible in 2023. The exciting evening of festivities
Beau Rivage casino adds new poker room
The Mississippi casino is ready to cater to the poker community The Beau Rivage Resort & Casino has announced the opening of a new poker room just before its biggest event of the year, the Beau Ridge Heater Poker Tournament. The new poker room is located between the newly-renovated Buffet and the Buffalo Zone, adjacent
The DeepStack Extravaganza poker tournament series kicks off on Christmas
The upcoming series will offer almost $1 million in cash prizes for the holidays The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas will host its upcoming DeepStack Extravaganza (NYE) tournament series from December 25 through January 7, with 19 events and almost $1 million in guaranteed prizes. The highlight of the series is the $1,600 buy-in $400,000
WSOP Paradise snafu leads to investigation
A player inadvertently lost a huge chip stack during a hand and not even the dealer caught it A huge dealer error has caused controversy, and an investigation was opened after the final table at the WSOP Paradise Main Event. The mistake cost Australian poker player Daniel Neilson a whopping 10 million chips, equal to
The Moneymaker Tour to host first event in 2024 in Houston
Texas Card House Houston is getting ready for a monumental poker series this January The Moneymaker Tour holds events at different locations around the US and has announced an exciting new partnership with Houston’s Texas Card House. The Tour aims to help players “have their own ordinary to extraordinary moments” and will hold its first
2024 WSOP schedule set, with the Main Event to be held in July
One of the biggest poker events of the year is already getting ready for another deep run The World Series of Poker (WSOP) just finished its WSOP Paradise festival in the Bahamas and has now turned its focus to Las Vegas with the announcement of the dates for the 2024 WSOP. The 55th edition of
The Global Poker Player of the Year races remain tight
Time’s running out for players to make their final push to the top of the leaderboards Only two weeks are left, but the poker world still wonders who will take home the 2023 Global Poker Index Player of the Year awards. Bin Weng hopes to remain on top for the overall Player of the Year,
World Poker Tour Prime Event down to final six players
The remaining players will take home at least $290,000 each The $1,100 World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime event at the WPT World Championship series is down to the final six players, who made it through a record-breaking 10,516 entrants to play for their cut of the $10,196,640 prize pool. These are the players that will
EPT event becomes contact sport resulting in player’s ejection
Italy’s Michele Nizzardelli was ejected after head-butting another player A triple-knockout occurred during Day 1b of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague Main Event, with only one involving a losing poker hand. The other two were disqualified after a fight broke out at the table. The incident involved two competitors playing together in an all-in
WPT Prime Championship Prize Pool breaks the $10M barrier
The turnout for the ongoing series keeps pushing the purse higher The World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Championship, which commenced on December 7 at Wynn Las Vegas, had a $5 million guaranteed prize pool, much bigger than the usual $1,100 buy-in tournament. However, that number was only the beginning, as registration closed after Day 1d











